May 31st, 2016
Rebecca Ashton interviews one of the Germany's leading riders and coaches, Christoph Koschel... Read ArticleComments Off on Rebecca Ashton interviews Christoph Koschel
May 28th, 2016
Right from the start George Morris was a controversial figure in Australia. He came to teach for the first time in 1987. We look at his lessons then, and his lessons now... Read ArticleComments Off on The George Morris Retrospective
May 27th, 2016
Rebecca Ashton looks into off-the-horse fitness for riders... Some dressage riders do it. Some don’t do it. Is it really necessary? Read ArticleComments Off on Off-the-Horse Fitness for Dressage Riders – Is it necessary?
Jonny Hilberath is rightly one of Germany’s (the world’s) most respected dressage trainers. Recently he has stepped back from his role as assistant Germany Dressage team trainer to build his own barn... Read ArticleComments Off on Jonny Hilberath – Horseman
May 20th, 2016
German dressage trainer Stefan Wolff worked for Klaus Balkenhol before setting up his stables in the USA. Now back in Germany, Stefan is a regular visitor to Australia... Read ArticleComments Off on Good training… it’s not only about the horses
If there were an award – and no doubt there should be – for the leading breeder of showjumpers at the European championships, there is no doubt that the award would go to the Belgian breeder, Herman de Brabander... Read ArticleComments Off on BWP Resurgent – From Strength to Strength
It is really a quite extraordinary feat: Katja Weimann is heading for Adelaide Four Star, riding two horses, BP Cosmopolitan and BP Flamboyant, that she bred herself, and trained herself right from the start, but wait there’s more, she also evented their sire, Triathlete! Read ArticleComments Off on Katja Weimann – Making your eventer right from the start
Although Scott McKenna has had a successful dressage career on “normal” horses, riding up to Grand Prix with another young prospect about to start at the top level this year, he is possibly better known as the rider of Harold the Horse. Read ArticleComments Off on Harold the Horse
Most of us have experienced the unsettling sound of a roarer. Is it as distressful for the horse as it is for the rider, or the spectator? What, if anything, can the vet do? Professor Andrew Dart of the Sydney University Veterinary Hospital explains what causes the noise, what can be done to fix it, and tells us how the condition affects our horses. Read Article2 Comments »